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\item[Word] Exactly four bytes wide, or 32-bits.
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\section{Registers}
Thirty-two general purpose registers are available for program code to use however it wishes. The base name for the general purpose registers is \quotes{r} follows by an unpadded number, such as \quotes{r8}. These numbers do not follow a zero-based index scheme, \quotes{r29} is the twenty-ninth register. Using the base name implies full width, a \quotes{word}, when reading or writing from or to the register respectively.
Thirty-two general purpose registers are available for program code to use however it wishes. The base name for the general purpose registers is \quotes{r} follows by an unpadded number, such as \quotes{r8}. These numbers do not follow a zero-based index scheme, \quotes{r29} is the twenty-ninth register.
In addition to the general purpose registers there is also a base pointer (bp), stack pointer (sp) and an instruction pointer (ip). The base pointer and the stack pointer may be set directly using the \hyperref[sec:mov]{mov} instruction, which allows the programmer to set up a stack frame. The instruction pointer can only be set with a branching operation like \hyperref[sec:jmp]{jmp} or a call to a subroutine with the \hyperref[sec:call]{call} instruction. One final register that can only be indirectly set is the \quotes{flags} register. This register, like the others, is one word wide meaning it can store thirty-two flags. Currently only three flags are present, the Zero, Underflow and Overflow flags. These flags are only affected by arithmetic operations and generally read by branching instructions like \hyperref[sec:jmp]{jmp}.